"Keep the change, please..."

"Thanks, sir, and have a nice day!"

As the black taxi drove away, Lu Qi, who was standing in front of an iron carved gate, looked at the internal structure of the manor in front of him through the gap in the fence, and couldn't help but sigh:

"Wow, this place is really nice..."

At this moment, Lu Qi had arrived in Surrey, a county southwest of London, separated only by the Thames River.

The aristocratic manor with mottled walls and a rich sense of history in front of him was the Crawford Manor that had been passed down for hundreds of years!

After talking to Laura on the phone last night, Lu Qi got the specific address of the manor, and the two agreed to meet at the manor this afternoon.

However, looking at the closed door and the empty manor, Lu Qi felt that no one would open the door for him.

Fortunately, he knew the owner of the manor...

He took out his mobile phone and dialed Laura’s number:

"Laura, I'm here, open the door for me."

"Oh, please wait a moment..."

Laura moved very quickly. As soon as she hung up the phone, Lu Qi heard a "beep" sound in his ear, and then, the closed door of the manor slowly opened!

"High technology still works..."

While muttering, he walked slowly into the manor, and what he saw was a neatly manicured square garden.

In the center of the garden, a fountain is constantly watering the surrounding flowers and plants.

Lu Qi, who had seen Buckingham Palace, also had a certain understanding of British aristocratic estates.

He knew that this kind of aristocratic manor with hundreds of years of history looked very glamorous, but in fact it cost a lot of money to maintain it.

From the automatic device of the gate to the tidiness of the garden, there should be a dedicated management team who come to the manor every once in a while for maintenance and cleaning...

While looking around and examining the internal structure of the manor, Lu Qi followed the cobblestone road on the right to the front of the mansion.

Before he could knock on the door, the door of the mansion was suddenly opened, and a pretty face bloomed in front of him like a flower:

"Lu Qi, you're here!"

Laura's outfit is pretty much the same as usual. The upper body is a jacket, a vest underneath, and the lower body is tight jeans. She still looks so cool and beautiful.

After hugging Laura, who came to greet him, Lu Qi stretched out his finger, turned it around, and joked:

"Hey, Ms. Crawford, didn't you tell me you were so rich?"

Hearing this, Laura, who was very happy to see Lu Qi, couldn't help rolling her eyes, "I didn't buy this myself, it was left by the Crawford family..."

"Come, let me show you around..."

Different from the cleanliness outside, inside the mansion, the furniture covered with white cloth, the dusty tabletop, and the curtains that have not yet been opened all tell an obvious fact:

This mansion has not been inhabited for a long time.

After walking around the house, the two finally came to the study room on the second floor.

Looking around at the furnishings in the room, the books piled on the table, and the numerous documents and information scattered on the floor, Lu Qi blinked and suddenly said:

"This is your father's study?"

"how do you know?"

Pointing to a portrait oil painting hanging on the wall, Lu Qi raised his eyebrows but said nothing.

In the oil painting, there is a middle-aged man wearing glasses, with his hand on his chin, as if thinking.

No need to ask, that is Laura's father, the previous earl of the Crawford family, Richard Crawford.

Seeing this, Laura suddenly understood, shrugged, and explained casually:

"Everything I need is here, so..."

Nodding, Lu Qi came to the desk, picked up one of the old brown notebooks, flipped through it, and continued to ask:

"Where's Ross, didn't he come with you?"

"He will return to London at noon to deal with the subsequent claims settlement of the Endurance and the funeral affairs of other wrecked crew members..."

Halfway through, Laura sat on the desk chair, pointed at the laptop on the table, and said:

"Stop talking about that, come over and look at my paper and give me some opinions..."

"I am a complete layman when it comes to archeology, how can I give you any advice?"

"It doesn't matter, I will take care of the professional stuff. Do you think I should write about Himihu and the Storm Warriors in the paper?"

Hearing this, Lu Qi frowned, put down his notebook and said in a deep voice:

"You can write it, but please don't include Himihu's control of the storm and the secrets of the storm warriors' survival for hundreds of years!"

"However, those are part of the entire history of Yamatai, and they are also evidence that can prove that the legends my father has been pursuing are not fictions, but real evidence..."

Laura, who had once questioned her father, after witnessing the supernatural power with her own eyes, naturally wanted to set things right and save her father's reputation.

Lu Qi understood this, but he didn't agree with it.

Because not everyone has such a strong psychological quality and can accept those extraordinary things...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look serious, and then advised:

"Laura, you have to understand that many people cannot believe these things that cannot be explained by science, even if they witness it with their own eyes, let alone hearsay."

"Even if you make everything about us on the island public, those people will not believe it at all. Instead, they will only regard you as a madman with a rich imagination. Just like when you were on Yamatai Island at the beginning, you thought that the storm was not natural.

When it was formed, but controlled by Himihu, others simply did not believe such speculation..."

Hearing this, Laura blinked her eyes and couldn't help but meet Lu Qi's eyes, her eyes were bright:

"But you believe me!"

Hearing this, Lu Qi paused for a moment, and couldn't help but complain in his heart: That's because I've read the script and know that the plot is like this...

Although I thought so in my heart, I still said this:

"Yes, God knows what I did wrong at that time..."

Hearing this, Laura couldn't help but curled her lips, and just about to open her mouth to speak, Lu Qi said first:

"You know, the situation between then and now is different. Just imagine that Himihu is dead and the storm has dissipated. Will those who have not experienced it personally believe everything you say?"

"A sun queen who can inherit souls and control storms, and a legion of storm warriors who have lived for hundreds of years? This sounds like a good story for a movie, but it is not a rigorous research paper..."

After some persuasion from Lu Qi, Laura gave up the idea of ​​writing down all the things she saw at Yamatai in her paper.
Chapter completed!